I’m not well-read on this topic, so take this with a grain of salt. Another comrade might give a better answer.

The answer is no. Lenin wrote that Imperialism is a highly developed phase of Capitalism (“highest state” is a bad translation). Neo-colonialism is defined by Kwame Nkrumah as the following

The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.

if you want to read more, read both Lenin’s Imperialism: the Highest State of Capitalism and Kwame Nkrumah’s Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism

Nkrumah takes an African perspective on this issue. So I believe it’s important to study the historical context since Africa suffered from both regular colonialism and neo-colonialism.